Genesis 9:26
And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
American Standard Version
In The King James Version
And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant.
In Context
25And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
27God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant.
Cross References
Genesis 12:1Now Jehovah said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father`s house, unto the land that I will show thee:
Genesis 27:40And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother. And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.
Joshua 9:23Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall never fail to be of you bondmen, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Psalms 144:15Happy is the people that is in such a case; [Yea], happy is the people whose God is Jehovah. Psalm 145 [A] [Psalm] [of] praise; of David.
Romans 9:5whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 9:25-28
Noah's Prophecy. ( b. c. 2347.) 24 And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. 25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. 26 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. 27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. Here, I. Noah comes to himself: He awoke from his wine. Sleep cured him, and, we may suppose, so cured him that he never relapsed… Read the whole commentary →